Afghanistan v Pakistan | 2nd T20I | Sharjah | 26 March 2023 | Pakistan Innings

[zarak]

130 ish is needed

 

[NeVerMind]

Mubarak ho...we crossed 100 runs!

 

[reversehook]

I think Imad is playing okay. But I have seen posters roast someone like Riz for playing the same innings. Hence a bit confused. Are we calling this an okay innings or what

rizwan comes in to open and dibble dobbles around doing ton of melodrama and slow strike rate...

imad came in with 23-3 and overs wasted and 2 more fell around him....

2 complete different scenarios, u can swap the batters, and whoever is in the first scenario is horrible, and whoever is in 2nd scenario isnt an atg but isnt horrible, its called playing to the situation...

 

[ammar_merry]

120+ it's a big and slow ground

Its a small ground. Common

 

[emranabbas]

If we get 130 we will definitely bag this

 

[Hextro]

I'm glad we passed 100 this time. Thank you for your irreplaceable services, Imad Wasim.

 

[AAli98]

Well if it's a pitch like another one where India scored 152, they might chase it inside 15 overs.

Dodgy pitch or no pitch you do not make naveens janats look like world beaters.

 

[Rana]

110

 

[topspin]

Imad isn't trying to save his wicket, he's having a swing at every ball.

His innings today has given you heartburn right?

 

[zarak]

rizwan comes in to open and dibble dobbles around doing ton of melodrama and slow strike rate...

imad came in with 23-3 and overs wasted and 2 more fell around him....

2 complete different scenarios, u can swap the batters, and whoever is in the first scenario is horrible, and whoever is in 2nd scenario isnt an atg but isnt horrible, its called playing to the situation...

Fair enough

 

[nextover666666]

Need to get 15 in this over coming up

 

[Darkrai]

I say play the same team against NZ in T20Is and ODIs. It should be enough to judge these players.

 

[imshally81]

Some lucky boundaries

 

[imshally81]

I say play the same team against NZ in T20Is and ODIs. It should be enough to judge these players.

Exactly... I second this...

 

[zarak]

I say play the same team against NZ in T20Is and ODIs. It should be enough to judge these players.

No bhai not ODIs. We need to play our best in ODIs

 

[nextover666666]

Lucky 4 but will take it

 

[topspin]

This thread is becoming unreadable.

Babar and Rizwan are very good cricketers but their fans should accept both have limitations, mainly their SR in the PowerPlay. I'd suggest not being so bombastic after their high-profile failures at the World Cup (and Babar's flop in Asia Cup).

However it's obvious our batting reserves are appalling. Saim and Haris have a long way to go.

We need to tweak the batting order and our mindset. That means not settling for mediocre par scores on flat decks, and adjusting if conditions require. Then maybe we can celebrate tournament wins over simply reaching finals and gaining personal milestones.

It really is.

 

[Kroll]

Why did we win the toss and bat first again? Same sluggish type of pitch...shows you why having a proper think thank is important

The brains of Pakistan Shaddy thought it was totally different and a great pitch.

 

[NeVerMind]

Not impressive when it comes to testing the batting bench strength bar Imad can bat but we knew that anyways

 

[Hextro]

His innings today has given you heartburn right?

You seem to be loving it a bit too much.

 

[imshally81]

Finally the RR is above 6

 

[Rana]

Come on Maddy get us to 130 please

 

[NeVerMind]

Only one boundary per over for the last three overs...

 

[emranabbas]

Need 15 last over

 

[Kroll]

time to press launch button and get to 130

 

[topspin]

You seem to be loving it a bit too much.

I said it was a good effort based on the circumstances. Am I wrong?

 

[Colorblind Genius]

Not impressive when it comes to testing the batting bench strength bar Imad can bat but we knew that anyways

We knew it, but then we made them play on flat tracks in 57 meter boundaries in PSL to watch them score 200 runs, so that we could feel good about themselves.

 

[Rana]

Why is he so itching to play that shot???

 

[nextover666666]

15 in last over gets us to 130...need to go big

 

[emranabbas]

More likely pitch will only go worse

 

[zarak]

Mubarak 120

 

[castortroy]

Can't any pak play the ramp or reverse shot.

Honestly, these batters are so behind everyone else

 

[Kroll]

yasssssssssssss

 

[Rana]

Hilarious effort by Jannat

 

[imshally81]

Another edge and 444

 

[NeVerMind]

We knew it, but then we made them play on flat tracks in 57 meter boundaries in PSL to watch them score 200 runs, so that we could feel good about themselves.

PSL proving to be more of a curse than a blessing....

 

[zarak]

Can't any pak play the ramp or reverse shot.

Honestly, these batters are so behind everyone else

Haris, Imad, Saim

 

[Ahmed216]

Bad finish this. Shows why Imad has never been a threat at top level. And shadab too very disappointing. Needed 140 -145

 

[imshally81]

No ball yesss

 

[Ahmed216]

Afghan pacers been smart. Wait for our bowlers to bowl for the speed gun

 

[Hextro]

I said it was a good effort based on the circumstances. Am I wrong?

He played half the available balls and is batting at an SR of 112. No one should even attempt to defend that.

 

[imshally81]

4444

 

[NeVerMind]

No ball. Free hit and a boundary

 

[Rana]

130 to win at least

 

[NeVerMind]

finally more than one boundary per over....

 

[Rana]

He played half the available balls and is batting at an SR of 112. No one should even attempt to defend that.

Yes they should

He’s not opening. He’s batting at 5 and is fighting hard for his team

 

[TheSultan]

Why do they play with broken bats ?

 

[JibranAnsari]

So130

 

[ammar_merry]

Imads been good. Should be a permanent number 5 in all white ball formats

Yes they should

He’s not opening. He’s batting at 5 and is fighting hard for his team

Batting at 5 can have lower strike rate?

 

[Rana]

Something to bowl at at least

 

[Kroll]

That was a hard grind, but gives us a chance.

 

[Rana]

Batting at 5 can have lower strike rate?

Yes they can because they don’t get 36 free hits with only 2 fielders on the boundary

How is that hard to understand for you Rizwan and Babar fans????

 

[Ahmed216]

Imad couldn’t manage to hit a single boundary I think in last 5 overs.or 1 may be

 

[Rana]

Lol Imad averaging 80 in this tournament too

 

[CricVet]

Ok… so Asia cup game in reverse order. I am hoping for a good result for Pak

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Decent score.

Game on.

 

[ammar_merry]

Yes they can because they don’t get 36 free hits with only 2 fielders on the boundary

How is that hard to understand for you Rizwan and Babar fans????

Yeah we saw how 72 free hits were treated in last 2 matches

 

[Rana]

Open with spins and go for dots

Get the rr up to 8s by the end of the powerplay

 

[Kroll]

However, a double wicket maiden is criminal never mind against minnows.

 

[Ahmed216]

Lol Imad averaging 80 in this tournament too

So all of a sudden it’s the average that matters not SR. Lol

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Imad couldn’t manage to hit a single boundary I think in last 5 overs.or 1 may be

If he can bat that means pitch is easy to bat on. AFG is gonna chase it down easily.

 

[Rana]

Yeah we saw how 72 free hits were treated in last 2 matches

How about the thousands of free hits your two idols have botched in the last 3 years?

 

[Kroll]

Gonna be tense, must win to stay in the series.

 

[ammar_merry]

So all of a sudden it’s the average that matters not SR. Lol

LOL. An hour ago Aamir sohail was most hated person.

 

[Rana]

Two nation theory

Some guys are just not Pakistani enough for this Pakistan team apparently

 

[emranabbas]

Good play by shaddy and imad in such conditions

 

[topspin]

He played half the available balls and is batting at an SR of 112. No one should even attempt to defend that.

The problem with this analysis is it doesn't factor the pitch nor does it account for the circumstances.

It's a difficult pitch to the time the ball. It's on the slower side and there was plenty of assistance for the spinners.

Imad came in when the score was 20/3. He scored 64 off 57 balls at a strike rate of 112. Pakistan scored 130 runs off 120 balls. This equates to a lower strike rate than Imad's innings (108).

He scored half of the team runs on a wicket which wasn't easy to bat on at a higher strike rate than the team's average.

That is a good effort. Not saying he set the world alight but I'll give him a 7 out of 10. Some would rate it higher than me!

 

[Hextro]

Yes they should

He’s not opening. He’s batting at 5 and is fighting hard for his team

It's much worse scoring that slow when batting at 5 than when opening. Even for an opener this type of inning would be embarrassing. Let's hope Shadab salvaged this score for Pakistan.

 

[Rana]

So all of a sudden it’s the average that matters not SR. Lol

He averaged more than Babar and Rizwan combined and had a +30 sr than those two as well

He is a better T20 batsman for his role than they are as openers

Facts

 

[CricVet]

The ball should stay lower in the 2nd inning varying more in bounce. I think it would not be as easy as some are thinking for Afg

 

[emranabbas]

It's much worse scoring that slow when batting at 5 than when opening. Even for an opener this type of inning would be embarrassing. Let's hope Shadab salvaged this score for Pakistan.

No not at all try to understand powerplay and fielding restrictions

 

[Rana]

Imad scores runs

RizBar fans about to go into Padmawati inferno scene mode

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Last wicket fell in 10th over. Post that just 5 boundaries with 3 from the outside edge. What a cowardly effort from both batters.

 

[Ahmed216]

He averaged more than Babar and Rizwan combined and had a +30 sr than those two as well

He is a better T20 batsman for his role than they are as openers

Facts

Absurdity ki intehaa

 

[Saj]

Imad Wasim - 64* off 57 balls
Shadab Khan - 32 off 25 balls
Rest of the Pakistan batters - 29 off 39 balls
5 extras

 

[reversehook]

PSL proving to be more of a curse than a blessing....

because our teams are cheating... how so... they are cheating the purpose... most of them are taking batters as overseas slots, and jamming the top order or middle order with them... and those guys do the heavy work... our local batters usually do zilch or do little innings around that... hence no real responsibility on our players to score big or heavy... and as a result they dont translate that...

here however, i would be cautious, this is a complete new side with most guys with debuts or under 10 games... so you cant point fingers or have expectations...

normally teams blood in youngsters by a rotating policy and use t20is as a way to blood youngsters... slowly and steadily... our team never does that, they tremble at the thought of introducing youngsters... only reason harris played in t20 wc was to save some face... or he too would have been debuting this series... and this approach our team took of introducing youngsters by throwing them all under the bus is wrong, however, the only reason we are gleefully accepting it is because we rarely see youngsters get a chance.

 

[Ahmed216]

20 short we are

 

[Rana]

Absurdity ki intehaa

It’s the God honest truth!!!!

 

[Rana]

20 short we are

You wish

You are supporting Afghanistan because you want RizBar opening

 

[Justcrazy]

131 is the target